Ethernet not working on Android (my dicoverys)

[Apicalis]

Hi there.

Very interesting post.

I got 2 pines out of 4 which refuse to connect to anything on the internet on Android/Remix while are very slow on Linux.

I also get the same results as you on Android with these 2 boards. They do connect to a time server, get an IP from the router, the LAN leds blink constantly, everything seems OK BUT... they don't connect to anything!

I will try the WIFI module with these boards tomorrow. I will set up a wireless connection and then with the WIFI still switched on, I will connect an Ethernet cable and give the board some time.

Will post back if anything changed. Hope you found the solution to the problem. If that's the case, then it's probably the quality of the Ethernet driver that causes the issue.

Yes that would be the case. It was also my thought and that was reason why i posted all this. I tried to narrow it down as much as it was possible for me with my expirience. But as you can see it has it's limitations.

I hope it get's fixed with some updates, if that's the case then PINE64 just needs to Upload a new Image for Android with the Updates included

Okay now i was able to test everything with a WiFi module attached.

Just to make it clear again how it behaved without the module:

- DHCP/DNS registry done
- Ping to the Pine possible but with lots of package drops
- Appearntly a short period of time with a real connection since the Time got pulled from a timeserver
- No other connection to the internet whatsoever

Now with the WiFi Module:

- I setup the WiFi and let the device run for 10-15 Minutes, restarted and let it run for another 10-15 minutes. On that second boot it appearently started and configured some Apps/Services. This update screen didn't appear before.

- I deactivated WiFi and tried the Ethernet connection but there was nothing. After that i activated the WiFi , then plugged in the Ethernet cable and the WiFi symbol got an exclamation mark and then deactivated itself. Thus i was running on Ethernet and it was working quite fast (during webbrowsing on chrome). But the connection slowed down massivly and then ramped up again and then slowed down until it was inactive.

- I did the same procedure again and this time started the download of Kodi which at some point interrupted. BUT the download continued when i swiped down the top bar and just hit on the WiFi button. Right that second. Where it was not even connected to a WiFi network yet.



My conclusion:

- There is a major issue in the drivers
- It appears that the Pine always is looking for the WiFi Module even if it's not there and not activated


I hope the developers read this and might be able to narrow down the problem even further and find a solution. This is the best i can give you.